ROD RUN & CAR SHOW: FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

Posted on November 5, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Our man in Solvang (CA), Jim Palam, joins the Central Coast Streetrods cruise to Nojoqui Falls County Park. Check it out. Unless you live on the Central Coast of California, you probably have never heard of the annual Nojoqui (Nah-hoe-ee) Falls Fun Run sponsored by the Central Coast Streetrods Club. Well, they have been doing it for 41 years, enjoying their specialty vehicles and helping raise money for good causes. This year the club supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation that grants the ...

SLOT CAR RACING: AMERICA’S LOST HOBBY!

Posted on November 4, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Stephen Cox has figured out what’s wrong with America’s youth today: They don’t race slot cars anymore! Racing HO scale Aurora AFX slot cars with the greatest man I’ve ever known – my Dad – in our garage in the summer of 1969 taught me pretty much everything I needed to get through life. After slot car racing, formal education was anti-climactic. Because of slot car racing, I could identify a Mustang, Camaro or Corvette on sight. I knew Trans-Am from Can-Am. I learned that the Indy 500 is...

McLAREN & AMELIA ISLAND: HALF-CENTURY CELEBRATION!

Posted on November 1, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

2014 Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance will honor 50 years of McLaren at speed, displaying rare and significant racers from five decades of competition. McLarens were not only victorious in the world's richest and most prestigious races, the company changed motorsports through a relentless pursuit of perfection. They brought a strictly professional approach to a sport that had been more of a glamorous hobby than a true business. Today McLaren is still the only marque to win the Formula 1 Con...

SHELBY COBRA DAYTONA COUPE: ALLOY CSX9011!

Posted on October 31, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Tribute Daytona comes with Shelby-issued MSO & tag as well as CSX 9000 Series ID. It captures the magic of the original but is considerably more sophisticated. The second new Superformance Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, powered by a Shelby Engines aluminum block 427 Windsor with eight-stack fuel injection, has just been completed. With hand rolled aluminum body and “traditional” paint scheme, it is jaw-dropping beautiful. Designed by Peter Brock while working for Carroll Shelby, just ...

MUSCLE CARS & CLASSICS: FOUR FOR THE ROAD!

Posted on October 29, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Rick Miller blogs about four great high-performance and classic choices for modifying for high-performance enthusiasts. For many performance car enthusiasts, there is nothing more appealing than a vintage car powered by modified engine. But a hot-rod restoration isn't for the faint of heart. They may take months, even years, but these projects can appease your inner gear-head and turn a profit should you decide to sell. Whether you're revving up a sporty Mustang or adding muscle to a Stude...

’14 MUSTANG SUPERCAR: HOLLYWOOD HOT ROD!

Posted on October 28, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Hollywood Hot Rods turns a Mustang convertible into a drop-top Supercar, with styling to match for the SEMA Show. Unlike typical custom Mustang variants, this one showcases hand-formed aluminum bodywork including a lift-off roof. Hollywood Hot Rods is challenging Supercars with its ‘14 Ford Mustang GT convertible. While the classic style and proportions of Mustang say performance even in stock form, the team at Hollywood Hot Rods wanted to create something truly unique with this project car ...

’65 PLYMOUTH 426 HEMI BELVEDERE: DAYTONA CONTINENTAL!

Posted on October 28, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Mike Matune blogs about the day that a maximum muscle car invaded the hallowed ground of serious GT sports cars. It was truly Mayflower Madness! When one talks about the World Championship of Makes in the 1960s, the discussion naturally turns to the Cobra - Ferrari Wars or Ford & Ferrari’s battle for Le Mans supremacy. While epic battles both, they tend, by their sheer notoriety, to overshadow other racing efforts of the same time. What about the others, those that seem to have been ill...

RED BULL RACER: FORMULA KONIG!

Posted on October 24, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

In 2000, Austrian Bernhard Auinger won the Formula Konig Championship driving Red Bull’s first sponsored racecar. Today it is raced by Sarasota Café Racer Ottokar Jacobs. Formula Koenig was an open-wheel racing series based in Germany between 1988 and 2004 and sponsored by Konig Komfort, best known for its racing seats. Essentially a feeder series, its first champion (1988) was Michael Schumacher who later went on to win seven Formula One World Championships. The Red Bull Ko...

JIM GUTHRIE: THE MIRACLE IN PHOENIX!

Posted on October 23, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

‘One of the biggest miracles ever on four wheels took place on March 23, 1997 at Phoenix International Raceway,’ blogs Stephen Cox. I remember sitting in my living room and watching the entire Indy Racing League Phoenix 200 on ABC, stunned into silence. It was an upset so staggering that it transcended the petty IRL-vs-CART arguments. I bet you remember this race, too. So I called up Jim Guthrie's office last week and asked him to re-live the moment for us. The story goes like this: Jim G...

NISSAN ZEOD RC ELECTRIC RACER: FUTURE SHOCK!

Posted on October 17, 2013May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Zero Emissions On Demand Le Mans racecar unveiled today at Nismo headquarters in Japan. After an intense eight months of development, design and construction, Nissan’s revolutionary Nissan ZEOD RC electric racecar was unveiled today at Nismo HQ in Yokohama. The Zero Emissions on Demand racer has gone from zero to ZEOD in a mere 33 weeks after Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn in February announced Nissan’s goal of returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year with electric power. Th...